Students to evaluate how built-in obsolescence in new products has led for a ‘throwaway’ culture. Students to investigate offshore manufacture of mass-produced products in developing countries by multinational companies. Students to investigate how tolerance of different cultures to avoid offence influences the designing and manufacturing of products. Resources include full detailed lesson, with videos and engaging activities.

Full lesson resource includes full PowerPoint presentation, lesson plan and activity sheet. Aims and objectives: 1) Students to evaluate existing packaging graphics used in chocolate boxes. 2) Students to create packaging graphics for a chocolate box.

Learning Objectives: 1) Students to evaluate several electrical components. 2) Students to create and solder electrical components together to form a simple circuit.

Key Stage 3 Product Design - Design Development - 3rd Angle Orthographic Drawing Using 3D drawing skills such as Orthographic Projection, students will create and develop initial ideas. Students evaluates each other’s drawings Students to apply the 3D skills learnt in lesson to their own initial ideas for the light project.

The Big Picture: Students to investigate Plastics Manufacture including bottle manufacture, blow moulding, and vacuum forming using the focus educational software on plastics. Students to investigate Plastic memory using the strip heater in the form of a toothbrush holder mini project. Students to investigate Lathe work in particular the metal turning lathe Students to create a Tool Recognition Presentation (3-6 slides)

Learning objective: 1) Students to investigate what product analysis is. 2) Student to evaluate how product analysis is used to improve new products.

Full lesson resource includes full PowerPoint presentation. 1) Students to investigate the relevance of safety for the product user. 2) Students to analyse that designers and manufacturers have a both a moral and a legal responsibility for he products they create.

A Level Design Technology: Product Design To look at the differences between hazards and risks within a Woodwork Workshop. To understand the difference between hazards and risks. To understand and identify hazards and risks in a woodwork Workshop. To be able to complete a Risk Factor Matrix table.

Aims and objectives f lesson: To analyse the differences between branded clothing and non-branded clothing. To evaluate why people buy branded clothing over non-branded clothing. To identify a branded clothing and create a product analysis of the branded clothing

Aims and Objective: To analyse how the Kyoto Protocol aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To analyse the role of ICT in the design, development, marketing and sales of products. To evaluate the transfer of data using Bluetooth wireless personal area networks and the uses of videoconferencing. Detailed revision lesson on Kyoto Protocol, Sustainability, ICT, Digital Media and New Technology designed to aid GCSE students with their revision. It includes an activity were students have to design a Fact File to aid personal revision

3 Lessons: Students to analyse how to use various adhesives and the preparations involved. Students to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of adhesives. Students to analyse how to use various heat treatments to alter the properties of metals and the preparations involved. Students to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of heat treatment. Students to analyse how to use various finishes to improve the performance, quality and appearance of manufactured products. Students to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of finishing techniques.

Full lesson resource includes full PowerPoint presentation. 1) Students to investigate different types of packaging. 2) Students to analyse why different materials may be better for different items. 3) Students to compare the difference between die cutting and creasing, and learn about registration marks.

CADCAM Phone Stand Project Booklet

BTEC Level 3 Engineering Circular Measure - Engineering Maths

Aims and Objectives: Learners to analyse the general properties of metals, wood and polymers. To investigate force-extension graphs and to complete tasks based on it. To investigate technical terms used in lesson through independent learning.

Learning objective: Students to investigate why a finish needs to be applied to a material. 2) Students to evaluate a variety of types of finishes and how to apply them. 3) Students to be able to select a finish and relate it to a particular material.

BTEC Level 2 Engineering: Investigating an Engineering Product (Bloodhound SSC Project)

Is to identify the construction techniques and materials used on a towing trailer for a car. Is to identify the key regulations, legislations, construction and materials used in relation to towing car trailers.

Learning Objectives: To investigate different types of structures. To complete Design Brief, Structure Making, and task analysis.

Learning objectives: Students to investigate the role of the manufacturer. Activity based on the manufacture of Brompton fold-up bikes.